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[JK]

This thread will not be a discussion thread but rather a compiled index of book titles that are great resources to read for anyone interested in making animated cartoons: If you have a suggested book that you want entered into this index just tell me about it by posting to this thread. I will review each suggestion and if appropriate I will add it to the top posted index and then I'll remove extra posts so that this thread will be a good resource and not require a lot of searching.-JK

THE 2Dcgi MAKING ANIMATED CARTOONS Animator Book Shelf  (Last Updated 9/16/2006)

Classifications:
Cinematography and Film Making: c
Drawing: d
Historical: h
Methods and Techniques: m
Technical: t 

            
50 Greatest Cartoons (The)   -   Jerry Beck   -   h
Advanced Animation    -   Preston Blair   -   m
All About Techniques in Drawing for Animation Production    -   Sergi Camara    -   m
Animated Film Making    -   Anthony Kinsey   -   m
Animating the Looney Toons Way    -   Tony Cervone   -   m
Animation 101    -   Ernst Pintoff   -   m
Animation Book (The): A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking    -   Kit Laybourne and John Canemaker     -   m
Animation From Pencils to Pixels   -   Tony White   -   
Animation in Twelve Hard Lessons   -   Bob Heath   -   m
Animation Writing and Development    -   Jean Ann Wright    -   m
Animation: From Script to Screen    -   Shamus Culhane    -   m
Animation: The Mechanics of Motion    -   Chris Webster   -   m
Animator's Survival Kit (The)   -   Richard Williams   -   m
Animator's Workbook (The)   -   Tony White   -   m
Art of the Story Board (The)   -   Don Bluth   -   m
Before the Animation Begins    -   John Canemaker   -   m
Book of a Hundred Hands   -   George Bridgman   -   d
Bridgman’s Life Drawing   -   George Bridgman   -   d
Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series)    -   Preston Blair   -   m
Character Animation in 3D    -   Steve Roberts   -   m
Character Animation in Depth   -   Doug Kelly   -   m
Character Animation Volume 1   -   George Maestri   -   m
Character Animation Volume 2   -   George Maestri   -   m
Character Animation Volume 3   -   George Maestri   -   m
Chuck Amuck    -   Chuck Jones   -   h
Chuck Reducks    -   Chuck Jones   -   h
Cinematic Motion   -   Steven Katz   -   c
Constructive Anatomy   -   George Bridgman   -   d
Creating 2D Animation in a Small Studio    -   Bill Davis   -   m
Creating Characters with Personality:    -   Tom Bancroft and Glen Keane    -   m
Creative Illustration    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Designing Sound for Animation    -   Robin Beauchamp   -   t
Disney Villains (The)   -   Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas   -   h
Don Bluth's Art of Animation Drawing    -   Don Bluth   -   m
Draw The Looney Toons    -   Warner Bros. Studios   -   m
Drawing Dynamic Hands   -   Burne Hogarth   -   d
Drawing for Animation    -   Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephem Missal   -   d
Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain    -   Christopher Hart   -   d
Drawing the Head and Hands    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Dynamic Anatomy   -   Burne Hogarth   -   d
Dynamic Figure Drawing   -   Burne Hogarth   -   d
Dynamic Light and Shade   -   Burne Hogarth   -   d
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery   -   Burne Hogarth   -   d
 Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques (The)   -   Richard Taylor   -   m
Eye of the Painter    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Five C's of Cinematography (The)   -   Joesph V. Mascelli   -   c
Flash Character Animation   -   Lee Purcell   -   t
Force    -   Michael D. Mattesi   -   d
From Word to Image   -   Marice Begleiter   -   c
Fun With a Pencil    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Gardner’s Guide to Drawing For Animation    -   Dave Brain   -   d
Hollywood 2d Digital Animation   -   Sandro Corsaro   -   t
How to Cartoon    -   John Halas and Bob Privett   -   m
How to draw Manga: Macromedia Flash Techniques    -   Aki Ito   -   t
How to Make Animated Cartoons    -   Nat Falk   -   m
Human Machine (The)   -   George Bridgman   -   d
Illusion of Life: Disney Animation  (The)   -   Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas   -   m
In the Blink of an Eye   -   Walter Murch   -   c
La Magia Del Dibujo Animado    -   Raul Garcia (in Spanish)   -   m
Macromedia Flash Animation and Cartooning: A Creative Guide    -   Ibis Fernandez    -   t
Makin' Toons    -   Allan Newirth   -   h
Male and Female Figure in Motion (The)     -   E. Muybridge   -   d
Masters of Animation   -   John Halas   -   h
Matters of Light and Depth   -   Ross Lowell   -   c
On Film Making   -   Alexander Mackendrick   -   c
Painting With Light   -   John Alton   -   c
Perspective for Comic Book Artists   -   David Chelsea   -   d
Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making & Selling A Short Film    -   Mark A. Simon   -   m
Setting Up Your Shots    -   Jeremy Vineyard   -   c
Shot By Shot    -   Steven Katz   -   c
Sound Design   -   David Sonnenschein   -   t
Story Boards: Motion in Art    -   Mark A. Simon   -   m
Successful Drawing    -   Andrew Loomis   -   d
Tex Avery    -   John Canemaker   -   h
Tex Avery    -   Partick Brion   -   h
Tex Avery : King of Cartoons    -   Joe Adamson   -   h
The Flash Animator   -   Sandro Corsaro   -   t
Timing For Animation    -   Harold Whitaker and John Halas   -   m
Visual Story (The)   -   Bruce Block   -   c
Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation    -   John Canemaker    -   h

[JK]

The 2Dcgi Animator's Book Shelf listed by Author Last Updated 09/16/2006

Aki Ito   -   How to draw Manga: Adobe Flash Techniques    -   t
Alexander Mackendrick   -   On Film Making   -   c
Allan Newirth   -   Makin' Toons    -   h
Andrew Loomis   -   Creative Illustration    -   d
Andrew Loomis   -   Drawing the Head and Hands    -   d
Andrew Loomis   -   Eye of the Painter    -   d
Andrew Loomis   -   Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth    -   d
Andrew Loomis   -   Fun With a Pencil    -   d
Andrew Loomis   -   Successful Drawing    -   d
Anthony Kinsey   -   Animated Film Making    -   m
Bill Davis   -   Creating 2D Animation in a Small Studio    -   m
Bob Heath   -   Animation in Twelve Hard Lessons   -   m
Bruce Block   -   Visual Story (The)   -   c
Burne Hogarth   -   Drawing Dynamic Hands   -   d
Burne Hogarth   -   Dynamic Anatomy   -   d
Burne Hogarth   -   Dynamic Figure Drawing   -   d
Burne Hogarth   -   Dynamic Light and Shade   -   d
Burne Hogarth   -   Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery   -   d
Chris Webster   -   Animation: The Mechanics of Motion    -   m
Christopher Hart   -   Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain    -   d
Chuck Jones   -   Chuck Amuck    -   h
Chuck Jones   -   Chuck Reducks    -   h
Dave Brain   -   Gardner’s Guide to Drawing For Animation    -   d
David Chelsea   -   Perspective for Comic Book Artists   -   d
David Sonnenschein   -   Sound Design   -   t
Don Bluth   -   Art of the Story Board (The)   -   m
Don Bluth   -   Don Bluth's Art of Animation Drawing    -   m
Doug Kelly   -   Character Animation in Depth   -   m
E. Muybridge   -   Male and Female Figure in Motion (The)     -   d
Ernst Pintoff   -   Animation 101    -   m
George Bridgman   -   Book of a Hundred Hands (The)   -   d
George Bridgman   -   Bridgman’s Life Drawing   -   d
George Bridgman   -   Constructive Anatomy   -   d
George Bridgman   -   Human Machine (The)   -   d
George Maestri   -   Character Animation Volume 1   -   m
George Maestri   -   Character Animation Volume 2   -   m
George Maestri   -   Character Animation Volume 3   -   m
Harold Whitaker and John Halas   -   Timing For Animation    -   m
Ibis Fernandez    -   Macromedia Flash Animation and Cartooning: A Creative Guide    -   t
Jean Ann Wright    -   Animation Writing and Development    -   m
Jeremy Vineyard   -   Setting Up Your Shots    -   c
Jerry Beck   -   50 Greatest Cartoons (The)   -   h
Joe Adamson   -   Tex Avery : King of Cartoons    -   h
Joesph V. Mascelli   -   Five C's of Cinematography (The)   -   c
John Alton   -   Painting With Light   -   c
John Canemaker   -   Before the Animation Begins    -   m
John Canemaker   -   Tex Avery    -   h
John Canemaker    -   Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation    -   h
John Halas   -   Masters of Animation   -   h
John Halas and Bob Privett   -   How to Cartoon    -   m
Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephem Missal   -   Drawing for Animation    -   d
Kit Laybourne and John Canemaker     -   Animation Book (The): A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking    -   m
Lee Purcell   -   Flash Character Animation   -   t
Marice Begleiter   -   From Word to Image   -   c
Mark A. Simon   -   Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making & Selling A Short Film    -   m
Mark A. Simon   -   Story Boards: Motion in Art    -   m
Michael D. Mattesi   -   Force    -   d
Nat Falk   -   How to Make Animated Cartoons    -   m
Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas   -   Disney Villains (The)   -   h
Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas   -   Illusion of Life: Disney Animation  (The)   -   m
Partick Brion   -   Tex Avery    -   h
Preston Blair   -   Advanced Animation    -   m
Preston Blair   -   Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series)    -   m
Raul Garcia (in Spanish)   -   La Magia Del Dibujo Animado    -   m
Richard Taylor   -    Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques (The)   -   m
Richard Williams   -   Animator's Survival Kit (The)   -   m
Robin Beauchamp   -   Designing Sound for Animation    -   t
Ross Lowell   -   Matters of Light and Depth   -   c
Sandro Corsaro   -   Hollywood 2d Digital Animation   -   t
Sandro Corsaro   -   The Flash Animator   -   t
Sergi Camara    -   All About Techniques in Drawing for Animation Production    -   m
Shamus Culhane    -   Animation: From Script to Screen    -   m
Steve Roberts   -   Character Animation in 3D    -   m
Steven Katz   -   Cinematic Motion   -   c
Steven Katz   -   Shot By Shot    -   c
Tom Bancroft and Glen Keane    -   Creating Characters with Personality:    -   m
Tony Cervone   -   Animating the Looney Toons Way    -   m
Tony White   -   Animation From Pencils to Pixels   -   
Tony White   -   Animator's Workbook (The)   -   m
Walter Murch   -   In the Blink of an Eye   -   c
Warner Bros. Studios   -   Draw The Looney Toons    -   m

[abhinab]

superb

[Kalpesh T]

The list is amazing.
And very useful to all members.

Thanks JK.

[Kalpesh T]

Exploring storyboarding by wendy tumminello.